UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2016 (June 9, 2016)

 

 

Lifetime Brands, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-19254   11-2682486

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1000 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 516-683-6000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) N/A

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On June 9, 2016, Lifetime Brands, Inc. (the “ Company ”) held its 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”), at which the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to Article Fourth of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the Company’s authorized common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), from 25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares (the “ Charter Amendment ”). Prior to the Charter Amendment, the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorized the Board to issue a maximum of 27,000,100 shares of the Company’s capital stock, consisting of 25,000,000 shares of the Common Stock, 100 shares of Series A preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share, and 2,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share.

The Charter Amendment is described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2016 (the “ 2016 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement ”), and that description of the Charter Amendment included in the 2016 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Charter Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate of Amendment ”), which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

On June 10, 2016, the Company filed the Certificate of Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware implementing the Charter Amendment.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2016 Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the following matters, which are described in detail in the 2016 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement: (i) to elect ten (10) directors to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified (“ Proposal 1 ”); (ii) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 (“ Proposal 2 ”); and (iii) to approve the Charter Amendment (“ Proposal 3 ”). At the 2016 Annual Meeting, the holders of 13,250,446 votes of the Company’s common stock were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum.

Set forth below are the final voting results with respect to each of the proposals acted upon at the 2016 Annual Meeting including the number of votes cast for and against (or withheld) and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each such proposal:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The following ten nominees unanimously recommended by the Board, each of whom were named in the 2016 Proxy Statement, were elected to serve on the Board to hold office until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes:

 

     FOR      WITHHELD      BROKER
NON-VOTES 		 

Jeffrey Siegel

     12,076,849         310,232         863,365   

Ronald Shiftan

     11,958,736         428,345         863,365   

Craig Phillips

     11,958,736         428,345         863,365   

Michael J. Jeary

     11,887,922         499,159         863,365   

John Koegel

     12,080,365         306,716         863,365   

Cherrie Nanninga

     12,027,395         359,686         863,365   

Dennis E. Reaves

     12,128,351         258,730         863,365   

Michael J. Regan

     12,128,351         258,730         863,365   

Sara Genster Robling

     12,218,119         168,962         863,365   

William U. Westerfield

     12,075,949         311,132         863,365   

Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accountants

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 was ratified based on the following votes:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER

NON-VOTES

13,042,935

   207,311    200    —  

Proposal 3: Approval of Amendment to Article Fourth of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the Company’s authorized common stock from 25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares

The Amendment to Article Fourth of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation was approved, based on the following votes:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER

NON-VOTES

10,413,249

   2,834,943    2,254    —  

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 10, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the results of the votes cast at the 2016 Annual Meeting and the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0425 per share payable on August 15, 2016 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 1, 2016 (the “ Press Release ”). The Press Release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

3.1 Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lifetime Brands, Inc.

 

99.1 Press release issued by Lifetime Brands, Inc. on June 10, 2016 announcing the results of the 2016 Annual Meeting and the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Lifetime Brands, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Laurence Winoker

  Laurence Winoker
 

Senior Vice President — Finance, Treasurer

and Chief Financial Officer

Date: June 10, 2016

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

3.1    Certificate of Amendment to Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lifetime Brands, Inc.
99.1    Press release issued by Lifetime Brands, Inc. on June 10, 2016 announcing the results of the 2016 Annual Meeting and the declaration of a quarterly cash dividend

EXHIBIT 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

OF

SECOND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.

Pursuant to Section 242 of the

General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware

LIFETIME BRANDS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,

DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said corporation, at a meeting of its members duly called and held pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, duly adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation.

RESOLVED, that the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lifetime Brands, Inc. be amended by changing the first sentence of Article FOURTH thereof so that, as amended said first sentence of Article FOURTH shall be, and read in its entirety, as follows:

“FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is fifty-two million one hundred (52,000,100) shares, of which one hundred (100) shares, of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) each, are to be of a class designated Series A Preferred Stock, two million (2,000,000) shares, of the par value of One Dollar ($1.00) each, are to be of a class designated Series B Preferred Stock and fifty million (50,000,000) shares, of the par value of One Cent ($.01) each, are to be of a class designated Common Stock.”

SECOND: That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, an annual meeting of the stockholders of said corporation was duly called and held, upon notice in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.

THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: That this Certificate of Amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective upon the filing of the Certificate of Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State, which will occur as soon as reasonably practicable after approval.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Lifetime Brands, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed, acknowledged and filed by its Chief Executive Officer this 10 th day of June 2016.

 

LIFETIME BRANDS, INC.
By:  

  /s/ Jeffrey Siegel

  Name:   Jeffrey Siegel
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

LOGO

Lifetime Brands, Inc. Announces Results of 2016 Annual Meeting

Declares Dividend to be Paid August 15, 2016

GARDEN CITY, NY, — June 10, 2016 — Lifetime Brands, Inc. (NasdaqGS: LCUT), a leading global provider of branded kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home, announced the results of the votes taken at the Company’s 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held Thursday, June 9, 2016.

Stockholders elected the following directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

 

Jeffrey Siegel    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ronald Shiftan    Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
Michael Jeary    President, Laughlin Constable
John Koegel    Principal, Jo-Tan LLC
Cherrie Nanninga    Partner, Real Estate Solutions Group, LLC, formerly Chief Operating Officer, New York Tri-State Region of CB Richard Ellis, Inc.
Craig Phillips    Retired Senior Vice President - Distribution at Lifetime Brands, Inc.
Dennis E. Reaves    Retired Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Michael J. Regan    Retired Partner, KPMG LLP
Sara Genster Robling    Principal, Robling Advisors and formerly Executive Vice President of Pinnacle Foods Corporation
William Westerfield    Retired Partner, Price Waterhouse LLP

In addition, stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016.

Stockholders also approved an amendment to Article Fourth of the Second Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to increase the Company’s authorized common stock from 25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares.

On Thursday, June 9, 2016, Lifetime’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0425 per share payable on August 15, 2016 to shareholders of record on August 1, 2016.

 

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Lifetime Brands, Inc.

Lifetime Brands is a leading global provider of kitchenware, tableware and other products used in the home. The Company markets its products under well-known kitchenware brands, including Farberware ® , KitchenAid ® , Sabatier ® , Fred ®  & Friends, Kitchen Craft ® , Kamenstein ® , Kizmos™, La Cafetière ® , Misto ® , Mossy Oak ® , Reo ® , Savora™ and Vasconia ® ; respected tableware and giftware brands, including Mikasa ® , Pfaltzgraff ® , Creative Tops ® , Empire Silver™, Gorham ® , International ® Silver, Kirk Stieff ® , Towle ® Silversmiths, Tuttle ® , Wallace ® , Wilton Armetale ® , V&A ® and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew ® ; and valued home solutions brands, including Bombay ® , BUILT NY ® , Debbie Meyer ® and Design for Living™. The Company also provides exclusive private label products to leading retailers worldwide.

The Company’s corporate website is www.lifetimebrands.com .

Contacts:

 

Lifetime Brands, Inc.    Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.   
Laurence Winoker, Chief Financial Officer    Harriet Fried, SVP   
516-203-3590    212-838-3777   
investor.relations@lifetimebrands.com    hfried@lhai.com   

 

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